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| ASCENDANT | | —adj. - rising.
- astron. Rising towards the zenith.
- astrol. Just above the eastern horizon.
- predominant. —n. Astrol. Ascendant point of the sun's apparent path. in the ascendant gaining or having power or authority. | |
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| ASCENSION | | n. - ascent.
- (ascension) ascent of christ into heaven. | |
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| ASCERTAIN | | v. Find out for certain. ascertainment n. [french: related to *certain] | |
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| ASHKENAZI | | n. (pl. -zim) east european jew. [hebrew] | |
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| ASPARAGUS | | n. - plant of the lily family.
- edible shoots of this. [latin from greek] | |
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| ASPERSION | | n. cast aspersions on attack the reputation of. [latin aspergo besprinkle] | |
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| ASPIRATOR | | n. Apparatus for aspirating fluid. [latin: related to *aspire] | |
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| ASSEMBLER | | n. - person who assembles a machine etc.
- computing a program for converting instructions written in low-level symbolic code into machine code. B the low-level symbolic code itself. | |
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| ASSERTION | | n. Declaration, forthright statement. | |
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| ASSERTIVE | | adj. Tending to assert oneself; forthright, positive. assertively adv. Assertiveness n. | |
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